Device for inking the soles of boots or shoes



( No Model.)

W. W. OROOKER.- DEVICE FOR INKING THE SOLES, OF BOOTS 0E SHOES.

No. 370,452. Patented Sept. 27, 1887'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'ILLIAM WV. CROOKER, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR INKING THE SOLES OF BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,452, datedSeptember 27, 1887.

(No model.)

I To all whom, it may concerm Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. GRooKER, ofLynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Inking the Edges ofSoles of Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention, relating to devices for inking the edges of soles of bootsor shoes, embraces improvements on the contrivance shown and describedin my application, No. 220,653, filed in the United States Patent OfficeDecember 4, 1886, the object of my present improvements being to controlthe flow of ink to the brush. It is desirable that no more ink shouldflow through the device to the brush than is absorbed by the work beingperformed, and that the moment actual work with the brush ceases thesupply of ink thereto should be stopped, as it should be begun or openedthe instant work is commenced.

In the accomplishment of these desired ends my invention consists in thecombination,with the reservoir-handle, of a valve of the constructionand operated and controlled as hereinafter described, and in thecombination, with said reservoir-handle and valve, of a regulating-cock,all as I will now proceed to explain and claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, inwhich drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partiallyinsection, of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof the same; and Fig. 3 represents a section on the line a; m, Fig. 1,drawn to an enlarged scale.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, a indicates the handle,provided with a bore sufficientin diameter to permit the maximum amount of ink required for any purposeto flow therethrough to the brush 7). For the sake of clearness ofillustration, the yielding guard adapted to enter the crease between thesole and upper to protect the latter from ink is not here shown, the lug0 being provided for attaching this device to the handle.

(2 indicates a lever fulcrumed on a pivot, e, in cars orlugsfiprojecting up from the handle,

which lever is provided at its rear end with a thumb-plate, 9. At itsforward end lever dis pivotally connected with the upper end of aplug-valve, h, which passes through a bushing, II, and into the handle ato a depth slightly below the bore in said handle. Said plugvalve issomewhat larger in diameter than said bore, as represented in Fig. 2, sothat when in its normal or lowermost position it will form a completecut-off in the bore between the brush and the other part of the handle.The bushingt'has ascrew-threaded connection with the handle, whichpermits of a packing-washer, j, being arranged around said bushing andbetween the head thereof and the handle, and so compressed between thetwo parts last mentioned as to effectually pack the same against anyleakage of the ink.

is indicates a spring having one end'secured to the handle and the otherbearing upward against the'nnder side of the rear end of lever d, tonormally hold the same in position to keep the plug-valve closed.

1 indicates a stop-cock of ordinary construction, preferably secured tothe handle at the end opposite that at which the brush is attachedthereto, said stop-cock being provided with a thumb-piece, m, whereby itmay be 0perated to admit only as much ink through the handle as thebrush will require forthe work it has to perform.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The width of the edge ofthe sole and the character of the work determining the amount of 8 5 inkthat should be supplied to the brush, cock m is opened to the necessaryextent, and the moment the work is to be commenced the operator presseswith his thumb on thumb-plate g of lever d, said thumb-plate beingarranged at the point where this operation can most conveniently beperformed, which movement raises the plug-valve h and permits the ink toflow out on brush 1). The moment the work ceases the operator removeshis thumb from 5 lever d, when spring It operates to close valve h andcompletely stop the flow of ink to the brush.

It will be seen that the supply of ink to the brush is regulated by cockat, while valve h operates to admit such supply to said brush or stopit'altgether, so that the flow may be tion, and a stop-cock, Z, allconstructed, combined, and operating substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. In a sole-edge inking device, a hollow handle, lever d, pivotedthereon, plug-valve 7L, bushing i, packing-Washer j, spring in, andstop-cock Z, all constructed, arranged, com- 20 bined, and operatingsubstantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification,in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 14th day of January, 25 A.D. 1887.

WILLIAM W. GROOKER.

Witnesses ARTHUR W. ORossLEY, G. F. BRowN.-

